Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27,055.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27055.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Chester le Street, DH3 3QD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | A3122-24-0001 |
Summary
This is a new Pharmacy Technician role. The role is to support the Practice based Clinical Pharmacists to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and support all Practice staff to develop and improve processes. Innovative ideas are welcomed, and excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and motivation are essential skills for a successful candidate. A key part of the role will be dealing with daily medication requests and queries, and communicating with patients and Community Pharmacies. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the Practices in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.